Over 1 million Don Lee Farms Plant-Based Burgers sold in less than 60 days
In California, Don Lee Farms, a family-owned food manufacturer, has sold more than a million Organic Plant-Based Burgers in less than sixty days, becoming...
Purple Carrot and Fresh Del Monte Produce expand plant-based meal kit availability
In Massachusetts, Purple Carrot, the first and only 100 percent plant-based meal kit company, announced that Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. made a $4...
Vegetarian diets double weight loss and improve the metabolism of Type 2 diabetics
In England, seventy-four subjects with type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to follow either a vegetarian diet or a conventional anti-diabetic diet. The vegetarian...
Researchers develop a 100 percent natural, plant-based food preservative
In Singapore, Nanyang Technological University scientists discovered a plant-based food preservative that is more effective than artificial preservatives. The organic preservative uses flavonoids, a...
Sun Basket organic meal kits scale nationally with funding led by Unilever Ventures
In California, Unilever Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital invested $9.2 million in Sun Basket, a home-delivery organic meal kit service, increasing Sun...
Understanding how we taste by understanding taste bud receptor cells
In Pennsylvania, Monell Center researchers identified all the genes expressed in type II umami/sweet sensing cells and type III salty/sour cells, providing a treasure...
Rebound Technologies receives $1.2 million to keep food cold and save electricity at the...
In Colorado, Rebound Technologies, a Denver-based startup developing a novel refrigeration technology, closed a $1.2 million seed round with support from PRIME Coalition, Closed...
A soil bacterium helps penicillin counter germ resistance
In Illinois, a common soil bacterium may hold the key to preserving the germ-killing power of penicillin. Antibiotics were mass produced during World War...
Replacing dietary saturated fat with vegetable oil reduces cardiovascular disease as well as statins
In Dallas, an American Heart Association advisory reports that replacing saturated fat with healthier fat may lower cholesterol as well as drugs. Several studies...
It’s confirmed, healthy eating leads to healthy cell aging
In Michigan, a new study found that eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains and low in added sugar,...